These have been extracted from the "dotfiles" repo and made into a standalone project: https://github.com/kevinSuttle/macOS-Defaults
Sensible macOS Defaults
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Re: Sensible macOS Defaults
#12From the Reader:
> Warning: If you want to give these dotfiles a try, you should first fork this repository, review the code, and remove things you don’t want or need. Don’t blindly use my settings unless you know what that entails. Use at your own risk!
Re: Sensible macOS Defaults
#13It looks like this is some person's set of config files, and for my part I find it useful to see how someone has set these OS configurations programmatically, but its quite opinionated, which is fine, but not exactly some kind of minimum set of defaults that most users would agree on--which OP suggests is the case.
Re: Sensible macOS Defaults
#14How do people generally discover these default variables? Is there a manual from Apple or is it just exploratory?
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#15Some of these are not what I’d want, but sprinkled among them are some really cool gems
Agree 100%
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#16How does one find all of these "defaults" settings? Is there a reference somewhere?
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#17For clarity, I should point out that I don't believe that all of these defaults are "sensible" for every user. I gave the submission it's title because that is how the creator refers to the file.[0]
[0] https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/tree/master#sensib...
Re: Sensible macOS Defaults
#18Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"? macOS already has sensible defaults, that's how people who have no interest in dealing with computers can use their machines for years with no issues or servicing(unless a latte is spilled over the keyboard). Then, you can customise behaviour for some specific things to fit your workflow. The problem with diverging from defaults without putting much thought on it is that…
I agree that calling it sensible is subjective. Most of these I wouldn't even use myself, but I found it to be a good reference overall. I set the title for the post based on the how the creator references the file.
Re: Sensible macOS Defaults
#19Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"? macOS already has sensible defaults, that's how people who have no interest in dealing with computers can use their machines for years with no issues or servicing(unless a latte is spilled over the keyboard). Then, you can customise behaviour for some specific things to fit your workflow. The problem with diverging from defaults without putting much thought on it is that…
> Wouldn't be better to call this "cheat sheet"?
Why would you call a script that actually changes things and doesn't actually show you a cheat sheet a "cheat sheet?"
Re: Sensible macOS Defaults
#20I would think the audio prompt during system boot is a pretty critical piece of information if you ever have trouble starting your computer.